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Mercedes of Orléans

1860 - 1878

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María de las Mercedes of Orléans (24 June 1860 – 26 June 1878) was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Alfonso XII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mercedes of Orléans has received more than 257,196 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Mercedes of Orléans is the 366th most popular companion (down from 327th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Spain (down from 388th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Spanish Companion.

Mercedes of Orléans is most famous for being the daughter of Louis I, Duke of Orléans and his second wife, Marguerite of Valois. In 1415, she married John I, Duke of Brabant and had two children with him.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 366 out of 784Before her are Empress Teimei, Pat Nixon, Meketaten, Irene Doukaina, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, and Tanaquil. After her are Joan of Portugal, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Amestris, Fredegund, Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, and Prince Joachim of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 37Before her are Karl Denke, René Lalique, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Isaac Levitan, Marianne von Werefkin, and Vito Volterra. After her are Gustave Charpentier, James McKeen Cattell, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Otto Jespersen, Jules Laforgue, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1878, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 21Before her are Elias Magnus Fries, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Angelo Secchi, Henri Victor Regnault, and Mariam Baouardy. After her are Carlo Blasis, Władysław Tarnowski, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, and Roberto de Visiani.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Mercedes of Orléans ranks 438 out of 3,355Before her are Suintila (594), Eduardo Chillida (1924), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Marià Fortuny (1838), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), and Julen Lopetegui (1966). After her are Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873), José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960), Sara Montiel (1928), Josep Samitier (1902), Juan, Count of Montizón (1822), and Raymond Nonnatus (1204).

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